Berg said he hopes these next town halls continue to be an “open forum” for North Dakotans’ questions and concerns.

Washington isnt just broke  its broken, and that is because too many politicians are looking to Washington for solutions,” Berg said in a statement today. “As we work together through the historic challenges ahead, I am committed to listening to North Dakotans and making sure Washington works more like North Dakota.”

Berg will initially hold events in Dickinson, Williston and Minot later this week. He also plans to hold town halls in Bismarck, Fargo and Grand Forks next week – however, those events have not yet been finalized.

This is North Dakotas seat and I look forward to an open, honest and unfiltered discussion about the solutions and ideas we need to get our country back on track,” Berg said.

Here is the schedule so far. Each event is (obviously) open to the public.

THURSDAY, AUG. 4 – DICKINSON – NOON (mountain time). Badlands Activities Center, Dickinson State University, 398 State Ave. Members of the public are encouraged to bring a brownbag lunch.

Side note: These appearances by Berg are as North Dakota’s representative in the U.S. House – not as a candidate for U.S. Senate (which he is also). Federal campaign laws require a strict line between campaigning and official duties.

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3 thoughts on “Berg announces six town halls in August”

I hope lots of people ask Berg why he let ideology and special interests guide his decision making leaing to the current credit rating downgrade of the US. Compared to 10 years ago when the budget was balanced and even had a surplus we have spent tons of cash on bailouts, wars, and significantly lowered taxes on the upper income which did not produce economic growth. The only reasonable thing is to reverse the bad decisions by Republicans and Democrats in the last decade but Berg voted with those who would not let that happen and instead engaged in this stupid partisan brinksmanship. That is not responsible leadership and Berg showed that he is not up to the job.